Articles by The Dartmouth Review

Palaeopitus Weighs In

Early this week, the senior society Palaeopitus published an open letter to the Presidential Steering Committee encouraging it to “engage more meaningfully with the student…


The Chilliad: Book I

Sing, Muse, of the rage of Branford Wentworth, ’20, the Little of Chad McCoy, ’18 the greatest fratstar of all the legendary Greeks, the social…


Get Rid of “Exclusivity”

On October 17th, Leif Harder published a guest column in The Dartmouth defending the alleged exclusivity of the Greek system. This is no new topic:…


Midterm Mélange

Two shots of absinthe A half-cooked, mostly-still-liquid FoCo cookie A shot of KAF espresso Procrastination It’s four in the morning. You’ve just woken up. After…



Some Thoughts From Robert Frost

Robert Frost ’96 delivered this commencement address before the graduating Class of 1955. However, it is definitely of more interest to those entering their first or last year at Dartmouth and still have time to change—for those about to begin their education and for those about to finish theirs. Was there ever a more subtly dark take on education? And can one ever truly finish his or her education? Finish growing in life?


Rush the Field

This is my story of rushing the field during Homecoming 2001—an enduring tradition that shows the true grit of a fresh Dartmouth Class.


When I Touched the Fire

I had done my research, tied my shoes, and braced myself for the sprint as I circled the bonfire. Dartmouth Night was in full swing…